Duchy of Brabant

The Duchy of Brabant was a state of the Holy Roman Empire that existed from 1183 to 1430, when it was conquered by the Duchy of Burgundy and became a part of the Burgundian Netherlands. The state was created out of the Landgraviate of Brabant in 1183, and it functioned as a vassal state of the Holy Roman Empire until 1430, when Philip the Good inherited the duchy. The duchy became a part of the Spanish Netherlands after Philip's death, as his grandson Philip I of Castile inherited Brabant in 1482. The duchy would be ruled by the Habsburg Empire until 1582, when the Dutch Revolt broke out; it was granted to the Netherlands in 1648, and it remained a Dutch possession until it was divided into North Brabant (owned by the Netherlands) and South Brabant (owned by Belgium) in the 19th century.